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Veryovkina Cave is the deepest explored cave on Earth

Explorers have descended more than two kilometres beneath the surface

Situated in the Arabika Massif of Abkhazia, Veryovkina Cave reaches a record depth of 2,212 metres below the entrance. Speleologists spent decades mapping its complex underground passages and vertical shafts. Navigating the cave requires underground camping and advanced subterranean diving gear.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Explorers have descended more than two kilometres beneath the surface. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.